2013 June UGC NET Solved Question Paper in Labour Welfare Paper 3

1.
The process of comparing actual performance with standards and taking necessary
corrective action is called

(A)
Controlling

(B)
Communicating

(C)
Co-operating

(D)
Co-ordinating

Answer: (A)

2.
An aggregate of several related action plans that have been designed to
accomplish a mission within a specified time period is known as

(A)
Project

(B)
Policy

(C)
Process

(D)
Programme

Answer: (D)

3.
Principle of direct contact, reciprocal relationships and principle of continuity
as principles of coordination are advanced by

(A)
Luther Gullick

(B)
Henry Fayol

(C)
Mary Parker Follette

(D)
Havold Koontz

Answer: (C)

4.
Which one of the following is not a function of the Personnel Department?

(A)
Employment Activities

(B)
Manpower Adjustment

(C)
Grievance Handling

(D)
Quality Management

Answer: (D)

5.
Which one of the following is not time based incentive plan?

(A)
Halsey Plan

(B)
Merrick Plan

(C)
Rowan Plan

(D)
Emerson Plan

Answer: (B)

6.
The concept of “End spurt” is associated with which of the following?

(A)
Job satisfaction

(B)
Morale

(C)
Monotony

(D)
Fatigue

Answer: (C)

7.
Which of the following is not a part of the Scheme of Workers’ Participation in
Management in India?

(A)
Shop Level Councils

(B)
Joint Level Councils

(C)
Unit Level Councils

(D)
Industrial Level Councils

Answer: (D)

8.
Who has described initiation and implementation as the two stages of
organizational innovation?

(A)
John Child

(B)
Zaltman et. al

(C)
Manzet. al

(D)
N.R. Anderson

Answer: (B)

9.
Which of the following cannot be said to be a trade union in true sense?

(A)
Craft Union

(B)
Industrial Union

(C)
Company Union

(D)
Federation

Answer: (C)

10.
The name of which of the following legislations has been recently changed?

(A)
Workmens’ Compensation Act

(B)
Employees’ State Insurance Act

(C)
Maternity Benefit Act

(D)
Payment of Gratuity Act

Answer: (A)

11.
Which of the following organizations coordinates and controls the working of
voluntary welfare agencies in India?

(A)
ESI Corporation

(B)
EPF Organisation

(C)
Central Social Welfare Board

(D)
Chief Labour Commissioner (Central)

Answer: (C)

12.
What is the name of the experiment which marked the beginning of Labour Welfare?

(A)
Hawthorne Experiment

(B)
New Lamark Experiment

(C)
Philadelphia Experiment

(D)
Mule Spinning Department Experiment

Answer: (B)

13.
In which of the following we notice under-employment in a large measure?

(A)
Coal Industry

(B)
Textile Industry

(C)
Banking

(D)
Agriculture

Answer: (D)

14.
Which of the following components is not true as a part of unemployment
definition?

(A)
Physically fit to work

(B)
Mentally fit to work

(C)
Ability to discharge the work most efficiently

(D)
But, unable to find work

Answer: (C)

15.
The special provisions relating to Lay-off, retrenchment and closure as given
under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 apply to those establishments where at
least

(A)
100 workers are employed.

(B)
50 workers are employed.

(C)
200 workers are employed.

(D)
500 workers are employed.

Answer: (A)

16.
Which of the following is not an industrial action in India?

(A)
Strike

(B)
Lockout

(C)
Picketing

(D)
Mass casual leave

Answer: (D)

17.
The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 requires advance notice to be given for going
on strike and lockout in public utility services only. Which of the following
specifies serving of notices for strike and lockout in nonpublic utility
services also?

(A)
Inter-Union Code of Conduct

(B)
Code of Discipline in Industry

(C)
Code of Efficiency and Welfare

(D)
None of the above

Answer: (B)

18.
Which of the following bargaining is based on workers’ contribution to
productivity?www.netugc.com

(A)
Coalition Bargaining

(B)
Concession Bargaining

(C)
Productivity Bargaining

(D)
None of the above

Answer: (C)

19.
Which of the following labour legislations in USA made unions more powerful
than management?

(A)
Wagner Act

(B)
Taft-Hartley Act

(C)
Narris-Le Guaradia Act

(D)
Landrum-Griffin Act

Answer: (A)

20.
Which of the following practices lead to democracy in trade unions?

(A)
Regular meeting

(B)
Fair and timely elections

(C)
Audit of accounts of union

(D)
All the above

Answer: (D)

21.
Which of the following is not a mode of Workers’ Participation in Management?

(A)
Works Committee

(B)
Employee Stock Option Plan

(C)
Joint Management Council

(D)
Joint Committee for Policy Formulation

Answer: (B)

22.
Which of the following is not a bipartite body?

(A)
Works Committee

(B)
Canteen Committee

(C)
Safety Committee

(D)
Standing Labour Committee

Answer: (D)

23.
Which one of the following is not a tripartite body?

(A)
Indian Labour Conference

(B)
Standing Labour Committee

(C)
Joint Management Council

(D)
Minimum Wages Advisory Board

Answer: (C)

24.
Under whose regime as Union Labour Minister, majority of codes were evolved by
the Central Government?

(A)
V.V. Giri

(B)
Guljarilal Nanda

(C)
Khandubhai Desai

(D)
Bindheswari Dubey

Answer: (B)

25.
Which of the following statements about Joint Management Councils is wrong?

(A)
The scheme of Joint Management Councils (JMCs) was formulated by the
CentralGovernment.

(B)
It was implemented in all industrial establishments in the country.

(C)
It was not implemented through any statute.

(D)
It consisted of representatives of labour and management.

Answer: (B)

26.
Which of the following can be said to be an Industrial Relations body/
machinery in USA?

(A)
Ministry of Labour

(B)
National Labour Relations Board (NLRB)

(C)
National Productivity Council

(D)
AF of L & CIO.

Answer: (B)

27.
The Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Services (ACAS) which was provided
under the Industrial Relations Act of 1975 of Great Britain provides for

(A)
Conciliation and Arbitration of disputes

(B)
Disposal of dispute by collective bargaining

(C)
Matter to be taken to adjudication

(D)
None of the above

Answer: (A)

28.
‘Closed shop’ means which of the following?

(A)
Joining union first and then employment.

(B)
Employment first and joining union later.

(C)
Not joining any union after employment.

(D)
A shop which is closed.

Answer: (A)

29.
Under which labour legislation in India the provision of check-off has been
accepted?

(A)
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

(B)
Trade Unions Act, 1926

(C)
Payment of Wages Act, 1936

(D)
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act

Answer: (C)

30.
Match the following:

List
– I List
– II

a.
Royal Commission on Labour i.
P.B. Gajendra Gadkar

b.
Labour Investigation Committee ii.
Rege

c.
First National Labour Commission iii.
Ravindra Verma

d.
Second National Labour Commission iv.
J.H. Whitley

Codes:

a
b c d

(A)
iv iii ii i

(B)
iv ii i iii

(C)
iv iii i ii

(D)
ii iv iii i

Answer: (B)

31.
Which of the following is an outcome of collective bargaining?

(A)
Award of Labour Court

(B)
Award of Tribunal

(C)
Arbitration Award

(D)
Consent Award

Answer: (D)

32.
Assertion (A): The policy of tripartitism on which the Indian Industrial
Relations System rested, has failed to yield the desired results.

Reason
(R): The parties to the tripartite bodies have resorted to conflict measures
and adjudication.

Codes:

(A)
(A) is right and (R) is wrong.

(B)
(A) is wrong and (R) is right.

(C)
(A) is right and (R) is the right explanation of (A).

(D)
Both (A) and (R) are wrong.

Answer: (C)

33.
Majority of industrial disputes are settled by which of the following machinery
in India?

(A)
Conciliation Machinery

(B)
Arbitration Machinery

(C)
Adjudication Machinery

(D)
None of the above

Answer: (A)

34.
Which of the following is the meaning of ‘Cooling off’ period in industrial
relations?

(A)
Workers to have bath after long hours of work with cold water.

(B)
Not to be annoyed at the place of work.

(C)
To have a proper spirit of implementing agreements.

(D)
The period from serving the notice of strike and the date of resorting to a
strike in order to think coolly whether the workers should go on a strike or
not.

Answer: (D)

35.
Which one of the following is not a subject matter of industrial relations?